Sending / Reading Mail in Chinese with Microsoft Outlook Express and Outlook98


Reading Mail
1. Open the message you want to read.
2. On the View menu, point to Language, and then click the character set you want to use.
3. In the dialog box that appears, click Yes.

All messages whose header files contain the character set you want to replace will appear in the language you have chosen.

When you reply to the message, it is sent in the same character set as the original. If you change the character set setting in your reply, the original does not appear properly unless you send the message in HTML and the receiving program can read HTML.

 

Sending Mail
Messages must be "tagged" correctly with the appropriate character set so the receiving e-mail applications know how to display the text.

1. Open or create the message you want to send.
2. Find the Format menu and select Language.
3. Select Chinese Traditional (Big5).



Outlook Mail Message Format
The mail message format must be in HTML to use the Global IME. Please find the Tools menu, select Options, then the Mail Format tab. Change your Message Format from Microsoft Outlook Rich Text to HTML.

Alternatively, when the mail message format is set to Plain Text you can change individual messages by going to the Format menu on your message and selecting Rich Text (HTML). Note: This is not an option when the mail message format is set to Microsoft Outlook Rich Text or Microsoft Word.